Title: Character count issues
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Character count issues

 *  [kevjp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kevjp/)
 * (@kevjp)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/character-count-issues/)
 * Social Broadcast to Twitter shows a positive character count but cuts the post
   short. When I add to it it says it’s too long – even though the character count
   is still positive.
    Social Broadcast to Facebook limits the post character count
   to well below Facebook’s limit. I always have to disable and post manually. manual
   post is fine, so why does Social limit the character count?
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/social/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/social/)

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 *  Thread Starter [kevjp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kevjp/)
 * (@kevjp)
 * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/character-count-issues/#post-3532591)
 * Could Mailchimp comment on this? As it is, it is TOTALLY USELESS – no matter 
   if my posts are under 140 characters, it doesn’t publish to Twitter, saying it’s
   too long. Your Facebook character count is meaningless as I can post manually
   to Facebook those which your plugin has said were too long.
 *  Thread Starter [kevjp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kevjp/)
 * (@kevjp)
 * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/character-count-issues/#post-3532607)
 * Ok, so uninstalling – no point using it when I have to post manually after ‘Social’
   has failed to post to both Twitter and Facebook.
 * Why make a product that doesn’t work, and not try to fix it?

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 * Last reply from: [kevjp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kevjp/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/character-count-issues/#post-3532607)
 * Status: not resolved